Filmmaking Fall 2025

Plotline’s filmmaking semester consists of weekly 90 minute long classes over 13 weeks. We have one class for Tweens who are youth ages 10-12 and one class for Teens 13 – 17. These ages brackets are not necessarily set in stone but are a guide for the general maturity and development level of each group. Please contact us if you have any questions! 

This semester’s theme is Docu-mocumentary. We’ll be teaching Documentary style filmmaking but done in a Mockumenatry style. Examples might include The Office, This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show. Students will learn real world documentary style filmmaking and also scripted fictional filmmaking in a mockumentary style. We can’t wait to see what our students come up with!  All content will be age appropriate with an approximate G – PG rating. 

These are a hands on cooperative and collaborative filmmaking classes and we cover the major aspects of filmmaking from screenwriting through to film editing and then collaborate together to produce  original short films. Our program teaches and reinforces…

• Creative problem solving
• Tech and written word Literacy
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Follow Through.

We screen the student films created during our program theatrically every June at our Student Film Showcase. Date TBA.

Classes are on Tuesdays from 9/2/2025- 12/9/2025. 

*Note – No class on 11/4 & 11/25.

Location: “The Judy” –  Judith Enyeart Reynolds School of the Performing Arts for Springfield Little Theatre, 237 S Florence Ave, Springfield, MO 65806

Tweens class is 5:00-6:30pm

Teens class is 6:40-8:10pm

Tuition is $380 for the whole semester class which can be paid in four installments of $97. Each class is 90 minutes long. That fee also includes access to the video editing and screenwriting software we will be using.

Scholarships are available for families that qualify! Click here to apply now.

Please read our Filmclass Policy.

Questions? Email, call or text us at (417) 986-3286.

Students will need

• Headphones or Earbuds with a wired connection for monitoring camera audio and for video editing.
• A computer (Chromebook, PC, or Mac) with a Charging Cable.
• Access to an email address different from a public or private schools for using our video editing and screenwriting programs. Can belong to a parent or guardian.  

Pick up/drop off information will be emailed out before the beginning of the first class.

Please note: Student films produced in class are to be G – PG rated.  We avoid graphic violence or potentially offensive content in our student films. Any disparaging comments or depictions regarding Gender, Politics, Race, Religion and Sexual Identity are prohibited.